Scissors-sharpener



(No Model.)

W. L. BEERS & H'. 0. HOWLAND. solssons SHARPENER.

NO. 511,397 Patented Dec. 26, 1893'.

nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn me cuMPANY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. BEERS AND HERBERT O. HOWLAND, OF RHINELANDER, WIS- CONSIN;SAID BEERS ASSIGNOR TO HERBERT O. HOWLAND, OF OSHKOSH,

WISCONSIN.

SClSSORS-SHARPEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,397, dated December26, 1893.

Application filed December 29, 1892- Serial No.456,641. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM L. BEERs and HERBERT O. HOWLAND, ofRhinelander, in the county of Oneida and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Scissors-Sharpeners, of whichthe following is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, which is a part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to providea reliable and satisfactorydevice for sharpening scissors, which device shall, involve a minimum ofexpense, shall be neat and attractive in appearance so as to be suitableto lie on a ladys work-table, and shall be of such form' as to beadapted for ready and successful use even by persons but slightlyskilled in handling mechanical devices.

Ourimproved device adapted to accomplish these objects, consists of theimplement constructed of the material and in the form and mannerhereinafter described and claimed.

The drawing exhibits our improved device.

Scissors and analogous implements have 2 5 cutting edges formed ofhardened steel, and a tool or device that is capable of abrading orwearing away the edge of the blade of a pair of scissors, mustnecessarily be of hard material and preferablyvharder than the steel of0 which the edge of the blade is made.

Our improved sharpener is made of glass of hardness known to exceed thatof steel, and it consists of the body part A, and the handle Bpreferably separated by the annu- 3 5 lar groove or channel 0. The bodypart A is of elongated cone form and its surface is evenly roughened,conveniently by grinding or some similar process. This surface of thebody part thus roughened,is adapted to and 0 will abrade or wear awayand thus sharpen the edge of a scissors blade when properly appliedthereto.

To sharpen a pair of scissors with our improved device, the sharpener isheld in one 5 hand by its handle, the body A projecting from the hand,and the scissors taken in the other hand in the manner in which scissorsare held when used for cutting, are opened wide and the sharpener isplaced between the blades at an angle thereto and the scissors are thenclosed as in cutting cloth or other material thus pressing the edges ofboth the blades against and drawing them across the roughened surface ofthe body of the sharpener. This operation serves to grind or abrade theflat substantially opposite edges of the blades, which edges as is wellknown are (in cross section) at an angle slightly acute to the flatinner sides or faces of the blades, thus bringing the very edge of theb1ade,at the intersection of the inner face of the blade with the flatoblique edges to sharpness along the entire line of the blade. Byrepeating this process several times a satisfactory keen cutting edgemay quickly be put on the blades, even by persons but little accustomedto the use of sharpening implements.

The handle B is preferably cylindrical in form and is separated from thebody A byan 7o annular groove 0. The annular grooves D provide for afirmer and surer clasping of the handle by the hand of the user of theimplement, and may be used to receive a cord about the handle and tiedthereto, to suspend the sharpener from a belt or other convenientsupport.

Whatwe claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

A scissors sharpener constructed integrally of glass harder than steeland adapted by moving contact across the edges of the blades of scissorsto abrade and sharpen them,which sharpener consists of an elongatedsubstantially cone-shaped body having an evenly. 85 roughened surface,as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM L. BEERS. HERBERT O. HOWLAND.

Witnesses:

Ms. W. MCCORMICK, W. B. WHITOOMB.

